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Lifestyle shift becomes new wellness motivator for nurse educator. Linda Roney, EdD, RN-BC, CPEN, CNE, is an Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Nursing Program Director at the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies at Fairfield University.
Making healthy eating and exercise a central part of your life. If there are two things Barbara Happ knows how to do, it’s eating healthy and staying active. That’s because both make up a huge chunk of Barbara’s lifestyle. Her goals: Feel good every day Maintain a proper weight Keep lab results on the healthy side Barbara’s journey first began when she ...
Nurse uses healthy lifestyle to educate and encourage her patients.
Nursing school dean focuses on staying active and finding peace. Renae Schumann, PhD, RN, CNE, is a Dean & John S. Dunn Professor at the School of Nursing & Allied Health at Houston Baptist University.
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